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Spanjaard
beautiful, terrifying to see all those tubes open😉

Slavo Hazucha
Great looking boomer, the open SS-N-20 tubes look very nicely detailed & you got the rubber coating surface finish really realistic 👍

Treehugger
I like it.

Martin LC
Great work ! the weathering is awesome !

Patrick Hagelstein
😮............

Wow!!!

Sven Schönyan
Wow - impressive work! Concerning modern submarines a Typhoon is very detailed but you managed bring even more life out of the rather "simple" kit.

art81
Very nice work!

Treehugger
Probably way more fun to build than the Mikro Mir one.

James C
That's an amazing looking Typhoon. Really well done 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you all! Just woke up. LoL. This is my first submarine kit project, ever! I really enjoyed working on it. There were many photo references. The hardest challenge was painting and the nuances of the weathering effects of the black surface.

Clifford Keesler
Very well done,

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks. There were a few mods that I did on the model. Notably, vigorously sanding down the rubber surface blocks, as the ones from the kit were too boxy; rescribing all the panel lines to match the top and bottom hull; masked and paint all the horizontal white waterline marks; add internal flooring in the ballistic missile hatch.

Jos Jansen
Nice....!

Bart Goesaert
fantastic work on this one...

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks @Jos and @Bart!

Danumurthi Mahendra
If anyone is interested, I've saved the work-in-progress images here flic.kr/s/aHsmLMrkrS

Bart Goesaert
Thx a lot for these. For when I get around on this one. What are the kind of nets you use on the pics showing the painting of the bottom hull?

Danumurthi Mahendra
Hi @Bart - That is the ArtoolFX mini by Gerald Mendez. It is an airbrush template to help people make organic, fluid and random paint effects. They come in a set of 3 and are made of coated cardboard. I have been using this tool ever since to create randomized weathering effects.

Patrick Hagelstein
Really amazing! 👍 And again: 😮.....

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you, @Patrick!

Sylvain Vernier
The paint work on each tile is stunning, and the wheathering effects... wow 👀

Alexander
Great build of a very impressive subject! 👍

Rui S
Great work all-round 👍

Ricardo Reis
Beautiful work! 👍

Gerald
👍

Skyhiker
Impressive

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, mates! @Sylvain i made several masking templates using photo-copy paper with random holes the size of the tiles. Then I just spray different shades over them

Villiers de Vos
A phenomenal finish. a real head turner.

Michael Kohl
I can only agree. Very convincing and realistic finish. Quite an achievement with such a big monochrome area.

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you @Villiers de Vos and @Guy Rump. Yes @Michael Kohl, the hardest part was how to make the boring monochrome area into something interesting.

Alec K
You certainly seceded. Looks awesome 👍

Spanjaard
Good idea with those templates 👍

ForestFan
Very impressive

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks@Alec, @Spanjaard and @ForestFan. Happy New Year to all!

Danumurthi Mahendra
I made a short video clip on how I addressed the issues for those interested Youtube Video

Treehugger
Looks really nice compared to the old Mikro-Mir kit, which has the launcher tubes hidden with closed panels. The tiling also looks very interesting.
I guess I am surprised by how nicely the launcher tube doors look, not knowing how accurate the detailing is.
Edit: Oh, wait, the Mikro-Mir kit also came out in 2014 apparently.

Treehugger
How are the tiles with their panel lines still visible after you added putty over it?

Jan Peters
I have somehow missed this before, very nice details and beautiful painting and weathering!
Does the option for the open tubes come with the kit, or have you added that by yourself?

Michael Kohl
A video 100% to my liking. Condensed no-nonsense information straight to the point. Well done - like your boat.

Alec K
Great video indeed 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Hi @Treehugger - Good to know about the Mikro-Mir! one the panels: I think because the liquid putty (surfacer) shrinks when it dries and they get lost a lot during the sanding process. that's how the panels are still visible after all that putty and sanding.

Danumurthi Mahendra
HI @Jan Peters - yes, the kit provided the tube hatches as separate parts. I think it was easier to install the hatches in an open position rather than trying to close the hatches and keep them aligned nicely. LOL.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you @Michael Kohl and @Alec K!

Clifford Keesler
Great looking Sub, a very nice job indeed.

CaptGPF
Simply stunning build! The video was a great summary and I can see where your armor skills like filtering added an extra dimension to the Typhoon. You made Captain Ramius proud!

Bernd Grün
Great build! 👌 Love that Navy Seakings in that white livery.

Harald Besold
A very nice model. Very well done! 👍

Kendrick Brown
Love your navy stock! Looks very similar to my upcoming lineup!

gorby
Very nice!

gorby
Fantastic work so far!

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Thanks

gorby
Nice result!

gorby
Nice work.